Bankole Cardoso was born in Lagos to a banker, Afolabi Emmanuel Cardoso and a medical doctor,Ameyo Adadevoh.He attended Corona school,Ikoyi for his primary school, and Grange Secondary School, both in Lagos, before going to Rugby School
in the United Kingdom for his GCSE and A-Levels. Afterwards, he moved to the United States for his University education, attending Boston College (BC), to study Accounting and Business Management and graduated in 2010.was the founding chief executive of online taxi hailing app,
Easy Taxi Nigeria, a Rocket Internet-backed startup. While still
affiliated with Easy Taxi, he is moving on to new projects. Easy Taxi,
under Cardoso’s watch, grew to be one of the most used taxi hailing apps
in Lagos and Abuja. It has been a tough year for Cardoso.
Cardoso started Easy Taxi in Nigeria in 2013 because he wanted a simple
way to aid commuting in Lagos. He also mentioned that he hoped to
standardize pricing of taxis around the country. Easy Taxi under his
watch grew to be one of the most used taxi hailing apps in Lagos as well
as Abuja.
Easy Taxi is a free Smartphone application that allows users to request
taxis in the easiest way possible. The app uses GPS to connect users to
the drivers closest to them and then sends the user the drivers’
information and allows the user to track the driver on the map in real
time. Present in 30 countries, Nigeria was the first country to launch
it in Africa and currently has a network of over 400 drivers in Lagos
with serviced extended to Abuja.
After stepping down as CEO of EasyTaxi Nigeria, he joined
the Africa Internet Group as the Global Head of Communications. In
2014, Cardoso was listed by Forbes as one of the 30 Most Promising Young
Entrepreneurs in Africa.
He can be reached through www.facebook.com/bankole.cardoso
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